#E9E261#E9E261

#E9E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.149 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E261
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -13.48, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 63.82, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0416 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.149 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.9603, 72.5814, 22.0000)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E261 #6168E9

analogous

#E99E61 #E9E261 #ACE961

triadic

#E9E261 #61E9E2 #E261E9

tetradic

#E9E261 #61E99E #6168E9 #E961AC

square

#E9E261 #61E99E #6168E9 #E961AC

split-complementary

#E9E261 #61ACE9 #9E61E9

monochromatic

#B6AE19 #E2D82B #E9E261 #F0EC97 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E9E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E261

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E261	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.149 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea92',
    500: '#e9e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e261;
$custom-light: #f3ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89403,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E261

secondary

#383FB6

accent

#18D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E261

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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